Episode 185: Gardeners of the Forest

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that elephant extinction could have a major impact on atmospheric carbon levels.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3644/gardeners-of-the-forest/'>here</a>.    </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2201832120'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘The Elephant’ by Dan Chiasson <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51821/the-elephant-56d22fd2a2a75'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>